Jure Robic died on September 24th at aged 45 when he collided with a truck while training. I first heard of Jure in a podcast on Radiolab called limits. This is where I came in contact with RAAM, the Race Across AMerica. Jure has won the race from San Diego …
Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei are not the only people responsible for the death of Tyler Clementi. There is of course Tyler himself, but also society at large. What kind of society do we live in where the shame of being “outed” is so traumatic that it would drive someone to kill …
Is it the season for crappy logos? Or is it just something with international sporting events. Check out this monstrosity for the Pan-am games being hosted in Toronto in 2015. Yes I get the “T” and the “O” for Toronto Ontario but damn, comic sans anyone? Seriously it just looks …
I’m having a tough time this year picking who I will vote for in the next election. All of the candidates suck. I mean really suck. Toronto’s biggest issue isn’t being elitists, or being hated by the rest of the country, it’s biggest issue is a lack of vision from …
I have written a few times about email marketing. THE NEWEST IN EMAIL FAIL…AIR CANADA! THOUGHTS ON EMAIL MARKETING MORE THINKING OF EMAIL I am by no means an expert, but I know what I hate and I don’t hate this. Tiger direct sends me mail everyday which I don’t …
Blood donation is a topic I have written about numerous times: Nice Site, Hope he’s not gay Excuse me while I climb up on my soapbox Why Canada needs more common sense I’m writing about it again for two reasons. First is for one of my co-workers who had leukemia was …
Chris Berry, in his post “It’s LIKE Email in a way” is correct that the Facebook like button will net out as a positive despite the inevitable spam. But what he doesn’t notice is that it is spam, and it’s the marketer and the “like” clicker who get rewarded for it. The …
Often I look at the restaurants in my neighbourhood and think “How the hell can you survive?” With the Bistro Camino I think “Why the hell are you here?“ The area is low income, sort of down and out with subsidized housing around it. More the sort of neighbourhood that …